The current state and development of the sphere of dairy cattle breeding are explored based on the example of JSC Agroindustrial Company Adal and PF Aidarbayev. The authors provide the assessment of the current problems and potential of enterprises in this sector of economy. An analysis of the activities of these entities is presented. The calculation of economic efficiency of model farms for the dairy sector of AIC of the republic which is carried out according to the results of the study, will ensure the transfer and adaptation of technologies for the automation of technological processes for production of livestock products in dairy sector, which will help achieve goals, objectives and indicators in the framework of the implementation of the State Program on the Development of Agro-Industrial Complex of the Republic Kazakhstan for 2017-2021. The costs of keeping dry cows and raising one head from birth to calving were determined. The priority areas of the Program include the complete technological reequipment of agricultural production. The relevance of the developments is confirmed by the tasks set by the Long-term industry program for the development of dairy farming for 2018-2027. The conducted studies correspond to the goal of the Program to create conditions for the sustainable development of a competitive dairy subcomplex, contributing to the achievement of the required level of food supply, a balanced nutrition of animal nutrition by nutrients, increasing the production of high-quality milk, import substitution of dairy products, and increasing labor productivity.